9 results for “septic embolism”
57y · Male·Intracerebral haemorrhage due to ruptured mycotic aneurysm due to infective endo…
…rditis was eventually diagnosed and treated with antibiotics, but he suffered a catastrophic complication: septic emboli lodged in a cerebral artery causing vasculitis, mycotic aneurysm formation, and fatal rupture. The …
38y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to bilateral deep calf vein thrombi
…en and antibiotics. He rapidly deteriorated and died in cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed pulmonary thromboembolism from bilateral deep vein thrombi as the cause of death, with dilated cardiomyopathy as a contributor. Exp…
52y · Male·Acute coronary syndrome caused by coronary artery embolus secondary to infective…
…r infection. Despite appropriate triple antibiotic therapy and identification of the infective organism, a septic embolus lodged in his coronary artery causing fatal myocardial infarction. An independent medical review f…
66y · Male·sepsis following bacteraemia caused by transurethral catheter insertion
A 66-year-old man with severe dementia and multiple comorbidities died from sepsis following bacteraemia after a routine indwelling urinary catheter change at a nursing home. The catheter insertion was traumatic, resulti…
36y · Male·Septicaemia and cerebral artery air embolism, due to complications related to cl…
Jamie Lawrence Mitchell, 36, died from septicaemia and cerebral artery air embolism complicating radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. He dev…
38y · Female·Pulmonary Thromboembolism
Kellie Anne Keogh, 38, died from pulmonary thromboembolism on 10 November 2008 after complex pancreatic surgery. She had nephrotic syndrome with decreased anti-thro…
69y · Male·septic shock with multi-organ failure in a man with neutropenic sepsis on a back…
Colin Nicholson, a 69-year-old man, died from septic shock with multi-organ failure due to acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Missed opportunities occurred at mult…
20y · Male·cardiac arrest due to complications of infective endocarditis against a backgrou…
Maluovailoa Tafau, a 20-year-old man in custody, died from cardiac arrest due to infective endocarditis complicated by rheumatic heart disease. He had submitted two patient self-referral forms (September 2016 and Februar…
18y · Male·Multi organ failure due to sepsis from a Group A streptococcus infection
Alex Braes, an 18-year-old from Broken Hill NSW, died of multi-organ failure due to Group A streptococcus sepsis. He presented to Broken Hill Base Hospital three times over 24 hours with knee pain that progressed to seps…
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